Tony Romo is ‘gayest player’ appears on Fox 26 news ticker

The eyes of the Internet are on Texas after a local Fox station aired a questionable message about Tony Romo in their news crawl Wednesday night.

In a segment about the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, the following message scrolled at the bottom of the screen, as seen on this Instagram video.

“Tony Romo, still the gayest player on the Cowgirls.”

In all likelihood, someone or something was pulling related social media content into the crawl and this message accidentally made the cut. An employee at the station told thebiglead.com the same thing.

Update: The station said it made the following statement on the air: “In yesterday’s 5 & 9PM newscasts, we inadvertently aired a person’s tweet regarding Tony Romo, which included inappropriate and offensive language. We apologize for this error and to anyone who was offended.”

Also, through its Twitter account, the station has apologized, saying it had “inadvertently aired a person’s tweet.”